Cooking-stove



(No Model.)

A. W. WALKER.

COOKING STOVE.

No. 605,303. Patented June 7,1898.

' f, it having, as shown, a lug 4, saiddamper,

sachusetts, have invented an Improvement UNITED STATES PATENT i OFFICE,

. ARTHUR \V. WVALKER, OF MALDEN, MASSACHUSETTS.

. COOKING-STOVE.

SPECIFJZCATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 605,303, dated June 7,1898.

Application filed January I '7, 1 8 98.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ARTHUR W. \VALKER of Malden, county of Middlesex,State of Masin Cooking-Stoves, of which the following de-. scription, inconnection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, likeletters and. figures on the drawings representing like parts.

Prior to this invention most cooking-stoves have been provided with twodampers, one of which opens a direct draft, as when the fire is started,while the other, controls the circulation of the products of combustionin the fines of the stove for baking, &c.

I have experimented with and have prod need a stove wherein one and thesame damper not only controls the direct draft, but also thebaking-draft.

Figure 1, in top view, shows a cookingstove containing my improvement,part of the top being broken out to show the interior construction. Fig.2 is an enlarged sectional detail in the dotted line :0, Fig. 1; Fig. 3,a partial section in the dotted line m, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 shows-the damperdetached." Fig.5 shows the damper-actuator; and Fig. 6, an enlargeddetail of the meeting ends of the damper-actuator. r

The stove-body A, having the box-like extension A, constituting a flue Aand the stove-top B, extended at B to cover said box, said top having acollar, B on which is fitted the smoke-pipe B and having suitablecovers13 and the top oven-plate 0, having between, it and the under side ofthe stovetop walls 0' o to constitute lines to directthe heat from thefire-box along the side of the wall 0 in the direction of the arrow 2into the half of the flue-space d under the oven and thence into thespace 0 into the flue-space A are and may be all as usual. The fine-4space A has at its left-hand side, viewing Fig. 3, a wall 6, providedwith a direct-draft opening a and a baking-draft opening 6 the twoopenings being separated by the curved wall 0 The wall e is inclinedsomewhat from a perpendicular, and at the bottom of said wall, at itsside next the flue-space A there is a guideway 2 (see Fig. 3) to receivethe lower flaring edge or foot 3 of the damper Serial Noseaeer. onmodel.)

owing to the inclination of said wall a, lying against said wall by aforce due to the grav ity of the damper, thus, making a close joint, andat the same time the footentering said groove 2 enables the side of saidwall to constitute a guide for the damper in all its movements. Thisdamper is the only one used, and it is made to cooperate with andnormally cover the draft-opening e and more or less of the baking-draftopening 6 The extension 13 of the stove-top is pro vided with a slot g,and the underside ofthe top has connected to it by suitable screws 9 twoguideways g 9 in which is placed a damper-mover, shown as composed oftwo slidebars h h, eachhaving at one end a like finger 7L2 and an ear7L3, having a hole 5, said hole receiving the shank of a knob 7L5. Thesebars h and h are passed through said slot into said guideways, and thenthe ears are overlapped with a finger k at either side of thelu g 4 ofthe damper, and then the shank of the knob is inserted in the holes 5 ofthe ears, thus connecting the damper-mover together, and thereafter bypushing said damperonover to the right or leftone or the other finger h?becomes the mover for the damper, so that by this loose connection withthedamper it may be moved in either direction, as required. The top ofthe stove near said slot is marked Bake, Check, Kindle,

and the knob is shown at Bake, and in such position the damper uncoversthe most of the baking-draft opening, so that the full efiect of theheat of the stove may be ntil- .ized for baking.

Should the heat be too great for baking, or if it is desired to checkthe regular draft of the stove, as when itis closed up for the night, itbeing desired to keep the fire low or over night, then the knob may bemoved to theposition marked Check]? and in such position the opening 2will be partially closed.

If, however, a fire is to be kindled, then the. knob is moved fully tothe right opposite'theword Kindle, in which position thedamper is lessfor the girl who runs the stove to learn, and she is not liable to runthe stove on Wron g principles.

Having fully described my invention, What I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patout, is-- 1. In a stove, a wall interposed in the path ofthe smoke from the fire 'to the smoke-pipe and provided with twoopenings, combined; with one damper to substantially cover either orboth said openings, substantially as de-' scribed.

2. In a stove, an inclined partition or wall located in the path of thesmoke from the fire to the smoke-pipe, and provided with a directdraftopening and a baking-draft opening, combined with one damper cooperatingwith both said openings,substantially as described.

3. In a stove, an inclined partition or wall= located in the path of thesmoke from the firebox to the smoke-pipe, said wall being pro-' videdwith a direct-draft opening and a baking-draft opening and having agroove at the base of said partition or Wall, combined Witha damper, thelower edge of which enters and slides in said groove, said damperresting by its gravity on and being free to slide on said partition orwall, substantially as described.

4. The combination with a stove provided with a slot for a damper-knob,and a damper located below said slot, of a damper-operator composed of ajointed two-part bar cooperating with said damper to move it and at thesame time keep said slot closed, substantially as described.

5. The combination with a stove, of a damper having a lug, combined witha damper operator made as a sliding bar having two fingers embracingsaid lug, substantially as described. 6. A stove having a straightlongitudinal partition or wall provided with a direct-draft opening anda baking-draft opening arranged side by side, and other walls 0 and c toform fiues,combined with a damper moving against one side of saidpartition and means to move it in a straight line-to cover or to uncoverthe direct-draft opening anduncover more or- ARTHUR W. WVALKER;Witnesses:

GEO. W. GREGORY, MARGARET A. DUNN.

